Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen.

  • John Christian Curwen
Date:
1809
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Credit: Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes / By J.C. Curwen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Brought forward £ 211 O Loss upon 11 of the worst cows already- sold, at 21. 10$. each 27 10 Probable loss on the remaining 19 cows, estimated at 2/. each 38 O 276 10 Which leaves a balance of profit (on the supposition of the present expense of feeding) of 18?/. 10$. or 6/. per head on each milch cow. On beginning to feed with cole-seed, I found an almost immediate increase in the quantity of milk, and 1 cannot too strongly recommend it, as well for this object, as for its superiority over all other green crops in point of duration. What I sowed in August is still in use, and will, I confidently expect, serve through the whole of this present month. The milk sold from 19 cows in the last two fort- nights, ending the last week in May, amounted, in the first fortnight, to 2]/. 3s. 8c/.; in the second to 21/. 10c/., or 181 quarts per day ; and a considerable profit will still accrue before they will be entirely de- prived of their milk. The enlightened and humane attention of the Board has been directed, in an especial manner, to encou- rage the appropriation of small allotments of ground to cottagers, for the purpose of enabling them to keep a cow ; yet, great as this benefit undoubtedly is, how 4 small is the number that can profit by it, when com- pared with the lower class of inhabitants in towns!